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The Amazon’s new record-breaking tree. Source: Tobias Jackson

20 September, 2019 - 14:01 Alicia McDermott

A 400-Year-Old ‘Carbon Colossus’ Heralds Hope for Amazonia

At a staggering 88 meters tall, a 400-year-old tree found in the Brazilian Amazon has been declared the region’s largest tree. Researchers are now trying to figure out how it grew to such heights...